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His future of the metaverse, think zoom in a way thats immersive where you want to spend time on the web cam and wear the fancy goggles. he is trying to talk about the future. if he comes up with a new product people want to use, that may take pressure off facebook. but a name change wont cut it. >> probably not going to. may invite more conversation about the company, but what do i know? this has been getting a lot of attention this morning, letter from president trump to "the wall street journ...

The omission is tantamount to neglecting threats to Indian democracy.

Frances Haugen has cited internal company documents to provide a glimpse into how the company is grappling with issues that have dominated debates around social media in India over the past seven years.

'There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook, Haugen said, adding, 'over and over again, Facebook chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money.'

Other problem is facebook doesnt give us any data. people have to guess. this particular group at nyu has done extraordinary work for which facebook blocked the key researchers recently to try to keep this report from coming out. i will just tell you this is facebook operating exactly as it was designed. in my opinion it is such a threat to democracy, such a threat to our entire social organization. i just think something has to be done here. >> and joyce, i put that to you because you were a pr...

Emergencies. in the last year alone weve seen ads and recipes for phony covid cures go viral and millions of people still denying the science that says vaccines work. perhaps the most concerning part of all of this is the proliferation of fake news and misinformation is actually on the rise. years after weve started talking about this. last year researchers found that on facebook misinformation was more popular leading up to the 2020 election than it was in 2016. in fact, engagement with misinfo...

French university has now confirmed what many media conscious people have long feared as reported in "the washington post," quote, misinformation on facebook got six times more clicks than factual news during the 2020 election. according to the post researchers used several analytical tools to review thousands of facebook page publishers and found right leaning sources were far more likely to post misleading information than left leaning outlets and the kicker outlets on the far right received n...

Facebook may restrict accounts that repeatedly spread misinformation Sudhanshu SinghMay 27, 2021, 11:07 IST Facebook promises to curb misinformation with its new initiatives that will flag offenders.Facebook Facebook is taking action against people who repeatedly share misinformation. With the help of independent fact-checkers, the platform is going to cut the reach of posts with false information. Facebook has promised to take stricter action against users who frequently share misinformation a...

Facebook will now remove fake posts about COVID-19 vaccines In a bid to curb misinformation related to COVID-19, Facebook has said that it will fake news about covid vaccines from its platform. Ankita Chakravarti | February 9, 2021 | Updated 14:25 IST Highlights Facebook has said that it will fake news about covid vaccines from its platform. The social media site has now expanded the list of potential claims that will be removed from Facebook. Facebook has said that It will remove posts clai...